A Society Scandal is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan, and starring Gloria Swanson and Rod La Rocque. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on a 1922 play The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro which starred Ethel Barrymore in 1923 on Broadway and originally in 1922 with Edith Evans in UK.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Directed by | Allan Dwan |
Written by | Forrest Halsey |
Based on | The Laughing Lady by Alfred Sutro |
Starring | Gloria Swanson Rod La Rocque |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Paramount remade the story in 1929 as The Laughing Lady an early talkie for Ruth Chatterton.
As described in a film magazine review,[6] Marjorie Colbert and her husband Hector disagree continually. She becomes compromised by an unconventional visit paid to her room by Harrison Peters. Hector sues and obtains a divorce, his success being due to the eloquent attack on Marjorie's reputation made by made by his lawyer, Daniel Farr. Marjorie plans a revenge on Daniel by vamping him and enticing him to her apartment, where she then screams for help. The lawyer's reputation suffers, but Marjorie suddenly repents of her scheme when she realizes that Daniel and her love each other. He forgives her and all ends well.
With no copies of A Society Scandal located in any film archives,[7] it is a lost film.
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